Improvement in plows



\ J. 0. SMITH.

, Plow, I

No. 260. Patented July 11,1831? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

.JOHN 0. SMITH, OF KINGWOOD TOWNSHIP,'HUNTINGDONCOUNTY, NEW

JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT m PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 260, dated July 11, 1837.

To all whom it may concern:

u Be it known that I, J OHN 0-SMU1H, of Kingwood township, in the county of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey, have invented-a new and useful Improvement in the Plow called Smiths Improved Reversing-Cutter Plow/l which is described as follows, reference being had to the anneged drawing of' the same, makw ing part of this specification.

A is the n1old-board,cast similar toothers in 'use, excepting the front, which is prolonged for the purpose of turningofl' obstructions 5; 13, prolonged part of the mold-board brought tea sharp edge; (l, the cutter, made in the shape of a rhombns, with its ends beveled and brought to a cutting-edge, and having apertures near the center for screw-bolts which secure it to the standard; D, share and landside, cast together in, the usual manner; E, the beam; F,

the sheath or standard; G,t-heha dies; H, bolt extending through the share, mold-board,'and- Making the shareof arhomboidalfigure bev- 'eled and brought to a cutting-edge on two of its ends, so that as one edge wears away it can be reversed or turned end for end, being socured to the sheath by two screws near the center.

JOHN. 0. SMITH.

Witnesses:

WM. P. ELLIOT, WM. BURTON. 

